Industrial Disasters

WINDSOR LOCKS — A building on the UTC Aersospace Systems campus was evacuated Tuesday and one person was sent to a hospital following a chemical spill at the aerospace company, according to a spokesman. Silvio Albino, a spokesman for the company, said that less than a gallon of ammonia hydroxyl spilled and that one employee was sent to the hospital to be evaluated Tuesday shortly before 10 a.m. Albino said the building that was evacuated had 15 employees inside at the time; they returned to work at approximately 12:45 p.m.

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